Bottle-stopper.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

G. KIRKEGAARD.

BOTTLE STOPPBR. APPLICATION FILED KAY 9.1906., RENEWED FEB. 1, 1907- WITNESSES: k

To all whom/it may concern;-

nrrn s'rn rns rnrrnnr EFIQ GEORG KIRKEGAARD,-OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF T FRIDTJOF JEBSEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Application filed May 9, 1906. Renewed February 1. 1907. Serial No. 355.286.

Belt known that I, Gnono KIRKEGAARD, a

citizen of the United States, and c resident of.

new and useful Improvements in Bottle-- Stoppers, of which the following is a 'specification.

- My invention relates to s. bottle-stopper which may be readily applied to or detached from a bottle or similar package; and its object is torovide a simple and etlicient construction or such a device.

' I will describe my invention in the following specification and point out the novel features thereof in claims.

Referring to the drawings,'Figure 1 represents in sectional elevation the upper portion'of a bottle with one of my improved stoppersthereon, the stopper being shown in its open position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of similar parts to those shown in Fig. 1 with the stopper shown in its closed position. Fig.3 is a plan view of the stopper with its parts in the same 'osition in which they are shown in Fig. 2. ig. 4 is a plan view of one of the members of which my stopper is com prised, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same member. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same member as that shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the view being taken at right angles to that shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of another member of my imoroved stopper. Fig. 8 is a plan. view o'fthe same; and Fig. 9 is a side elevation of this member, showing modifications of construction.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

10 designates a bottle the upper portion or neck of which is provided, below the opening, with an inclined lip or shoulder 11, with its widest portion near the top of the bottle toWhich my improved stopper is to be attached.

designates a packing of resilient mate- 'rial, such as cork or other suitable substance. designates an inner member, the disk of which has downwardly projecting fromit, about a portion of its periphery, a flange 31,

which is provided with an inwardly-projecting bead or rim 32. 40 designates an outer member or disk which also has downwardly projecting from it, about a portion of its pcriphery, a flange 41, which is provided with a bead or rim 42/ These .two psrts are ar- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26,}90'7.

ranged to be rotatably connected together in any suitable manner, such as that which will be presently described.

The outer member is provided with a circular opening 43, and the inner member is provided with a projecting boss 33, which is adapted to fit into and project through this opening 43. placed together the boss 33 may be pressed down, so that a portion of it forms a shoulder 34, which will project over the o ening 43, and thereby form a. pivoted joint or the two members. This pivoted joint is oflset from the center of the line of the neck of the bottie, as is shown at 44 in Figs. 1 and 3. The pivoted connection may be placed to one side of the center of the disks. The outer member mey be provided with projecting bosses 45 45,'which will facilitate the mamp ulation of the device. The inner member may be provided with a projecting stop 35 for the purpose of limiting the movement of the outer member about the inner member.

The flanges 31 i and 41 referably pass about so much of the perip cry of the two disks as to together form a little more than a complete cirtumference. In applying this device to a bottle or other structure the two disks are relatively placed so that these two flanges, with their projecting rims, overlap. The device may be then placed upon the neck of the bottle and the outer member rotated about the inner member until the movement is arrested by the stop 35, when the flange 41 and rim 42 will have passed around the inclined lip or shoulder 11 on the bottle and completely surround the latter. A slight downward pressure on the top of the stopper will facilitate the operation. The fact that the pivoted connection is offset .from the center line of the neck of the bottle and eccentric to the disks will cause the flange 41 to be brought around closets the neck of the bottle, thereby causing the parts to be squeezed together-against the nepk of' the bottle to clamp these securely over the. mouth of the bottle. At the same time the rims 32 and 42, engaging with the inclined lip or shoulder 11, will cause the stopper to be brought downward and to compress the lining 20 between the disks and the top ofhhe bottle and to thereby eflectively close the bottle. Theprojecting lugs 45 45 will facilitate this operation. To remove the stopper from the bottle, the outer member may After these two members are be rotated in the opposite direction until its movement is arrested by the stop 35, when the depending flange 41 again overlaps the flange 31, so that the parts may be readily removed from the bottle.

In Fig. 8 the outer member 40 is shown provided with a slot or groove 46, passing around that portion of the disk which carries the depending flange il. This is for the purpose of insuring greater flexibility to this outer member, so that it may lie-applied to close bottles of varying dimensions. In Fig. 9 the flange 41 is provided with vertical slots 47 47 for the same purpose.

This construction makes a very neat and ornamental bottle-stopper and is of great value for use in connection with such packages as are frequently opened and closed. It may be applied to close other packages than bottles, as has been before intimated, and it may also be applied to rims or li s or" other shapes than that herein shown an described. The stopper itself-takes but little room and does not materially increase the height of the vessel to which it is applied. The parts may be manufactured by stamping or by any other suitable process, and, if desired, the rims 32 and 42 may be formed on the flanges after the structure has been placed upon the bottle. The inner and outer members may be constructed of spring-brass or other suitable material.

What I claim is 1. In a movable bottle-stopper, a pair of disks rotatably connected together, each disk having a depending flange about a portion only of its periphery.

2. In a bottle-stopper, a pair of disks rotatably connected together, each disk having a depending flange about a portion of its periphery, said disks and flanges being arranged to interlock with each other.

3. In a bottlestopper, a pair of disks rotatably connected together, a packing within said disks, each disk having a depending flange about a portion of its periphery, the flanges and disks ,being arranged to interlock with each other.

4. In a bottle-stopper, a pair of disks cc- 7 centrically pivoted together, each disk having a projecting portion extending downwardly and inwardly from a part of its periphery.

5. In a bottle-stopper, a pair of circular disks eccentrically pivoted together, each disk having a depending flange about a por tion of its peri hery.

6. In a bott e-stoppor, a pair of disks rotatably connected together, ouch disk having a projecting portion extending downwardly from a portion of its periphery, said flanges being provided with inwardly-projecting rims, the disks, flanges and rims being arranged to interlock with each other.

7. In a bottles topper, a pair of circular disks eccentrically pivoted together, each disk having a downwardly-projecting flange about a portion of its periphery, said flanges being provided with inwardly projecting rims.

8. In a bottle-stopper, a pair of circular disks, a packing within the disks said disks being eccentrically pivoted together, each disk having a downwardly-projecting flange about a portion of its periphery, said flanges being provided with inwardby-projecting rims, the disks, flanges and rims being arranged to interlock with each other.

9. In a bottle-stopper, a pair of circular diskseccentrically pivoted together, each disk having a depending flange about a portion of its periphery, said two flanges together forming more than a complete circumference of a circle.

10. In a bottle-stopper, an inner member, an outer member, a flange depending from the inner member, and a flexible flange depending from the outer member.

11.' In a bottle-stopper, a pair of disks rotably connected together, each disk having a depending flange about a portion of its periphery, and a stop arranged to limit the relative rotation of the disks.

12. In a bottle-stopper, an inner member and an outer member, a flange depending from the inner member and a slotted flexible flange depending from the outer member.

13. In a bottle-stopper, an inner member and an outer member, each of the members being provided with depending flanges, and a projecting boss upon the outer member.

14. In a: bottle-stopper, an inner member and an outer member, a packing within said members, said members being eccentrically pivoted together, and each member having a downwardly-projouting flange about a portion of its periphery said flanges being provided with inwanlly-projecting rims, the disks, flanges and rims being arranged. to interlock with each other, a projecting boss upon the outer member and a stop-piece upon the inner member. I

15. In a bottle-stopper, aninner member and an outer member, a flange depending from the inner member, a slotted flexible flange depending from the outer member, said flanges being rotatably connected together, the inner member extending through and overlapping a portion of the outer member, projecting bosses upon the outer memher, and a stop-piece upon the inner member arranged to limit the relative movement of the two members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oi two subscribing witnesses.

- GEURG KIRKEGAARD Witnesses Enxnsr W. b'IARSIIALL,

ELLA TUOH. 

